Zara and Mike’s wedding ceremony at Canongate Kirk lasted for 45 minutes, and featured a choir of 15 boys and girls from Zara’s former boarding school. The couple left the church in a Bentley and took a 400-yard journey to Holyroodhouse for the reception. Guest were said to enjoy a Scottish-themed feat including a lobster and crayfish cocktail, Scottish venison with dauphinois potatoes and a chocolate fondant. And like Kate Middleton who had costume change at her wedding, Zara reportedly in to a gown by Dublin couturier Paul Costelloe.

Prince Andrew, then a naval officer, married Sarah Ferguson, then the untitled daughter of a family with serious aristocratic ties, in 1986.  The pair met through her father's association with the Windsors' polo operations, and the Princess of Wales was instrumental in getting them together.

Twenty-year-old Diana became The Princess of Wales when she married Charles on 29 July 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, which offered more seating than Westminster Abbey, generally used for royal nuptials. It was widely billed as a "fairytale wedding", watched by a global television audience of 750 million while 600,000 people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Diana en route to the ceremony.

On 8 June 1961, Katharine Worsley married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the eldest son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina, at York Minster.

The bride’s gown was designed by John Cavanagh, on the recommendation of her mother-in-law (he also designed Princess Alexandra‘s wedding dress two years later) and apparently both Princess Marina and Katharine had reservations about the grandeur and size of the gown during the design phase - it must have looked huge in the designer’s work room. C

On 8 June 1961, Katharine Worsley married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the eldest son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina, at York Minster.

The bride’s gown was designed by John Cavanagh, on the recommendation of her mother-in-law (he also designed Princess Alexandra‘s wedding dress two years later) and apparently both Princess Marina and Katharine had reservations about the grandeur and size of the gown during the design phase - it must have looked huge in the designer’s work room. C

On 8 June 1961, Katharine Worsley married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the eldest son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina, at York Minster.

The bride’s gown was designed by John Cavanagh, on the recommendation of her mother-in-law (he also designed Princess Alexandra‘s wedding dress two years later) and apparently both Princess Marina and Katharine had reservations about the grandeur and size of the gown during the design phase - it must have looked huge in the designer’s work room. C

The Princess Mary, daughter of Prince George, Duke of York (later George V), and The Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) married Henry Charles George, Viscount Lascelles, in Westminster Abbey on February 28 1922. Henry was the elder son of Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood, and Lady Florence Bridgeman, daughter of Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford of Weston Park. The Princess was 24 and Lord Lascelles was 39.

Princess Marina and Prince George were a ‘dazzling pair’ according to Sir Henry “Chips” Channon, and he wasn’t the only one swept away with the match. Marina was a chic exiled princess, daughter of Prince Nicholas of  Greece and Denmark, as intelligent as she was beautiful and already considered something of a style icon, she absolutely captured the hearts of the British public.